GENTRIFICATION (2022)

GENTRIFICATION (2022)
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson

Gentrification
The word is a euphemism
A sneaky way
to display
racism
To hide fascist
displacement without
lynchings and white riots
Or the “n” word
being heard
But the result
is the same
Ethnic … Read the rest

ASSATA (2023)

ASSATA (2023)

By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson

Every little girl
Should know her name,
From the bowels of
Repression and calamity she came.

Wrung poetic lyrics
Of love from raw pain,
From a system designed to break
She remained untamed.

Gave … Read the rest

WINNIE (2023)

WINNIE (2023)

By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson

When I exalt the name Mandela,
I’m not invoking the fella.

Compared to her weight in gold,
Nelson couldn’t hold.

A single penny,
Yes, I’m speaking of Winnie.

The heart and guts of the … Read the rest

Reins of Freedumb

RACIST HOLLYWOOD (2023)

RACIST HOLLYWOOD (2023)

By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson

We’ve forgotten that Hollywood began
By promoting the Ku Klux Klan.

Its first blockbuster presentation,
The film The Birth of a Nation.

That dehumanized Black men,
Portraying them as all having a plan.… Read the rest

LAW AND ORDER (2023)

LAW AND ORDER (2023)
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
The extermination,
Of the AmerIndian nations…
WAS LEGAL
The depopulation of Afrika,
Of millions hunted and captured…
WAS LEGAL
Making those captured people slaves,
From cradle to grave…
WAS LEGAL
Jim Crow
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